Ex-property agent caught on video allegedly making racist remarks on MRT train offered $5k bail
SINGAPORE – A woman who had been caught on video making purportedly racist remarks has been offered bail of $5,000 after she was remanded at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for psychiatric observation. Former property agent Tan Beow Hiong, 57, is now represented by lawyer Sng Kheng Huat who appeared in a district court... » read more
Woman who made racist remarks on MRT train charged in court
SINGAPORE – A woman caught on video making racist remarks appeared in a district court on Friday (June 18), and was charged with offences including public nuisance. Tan Beow Hiong, 57, made the headlines earlier this year after she was recorded grilling passengers about their race on an MRT train. Both her YouTube channel and... » read more
Ngee Ann Poly to fire lecturer who made racist remarks to mixed-race couple
SINGAPORE – Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) is in the process of terminating the employment of senior lecturer Tan Boon Lee. This comes after a video of Mr Tan making racist remarks to an interracial couple in Orchard Road had gone viral online. This was followed by an Instagram post by NP alumnus Ms Nurul Fatimah Iskandar,... » read more